TRAM SERVICES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 276, 20 November 1926, Page 20

TRAM SERVICES.

(To the Editor.) Sir, —I have read both your article and the official's reply re speeding up the Great South Road tram service, and have come to the conclusion that the trams are run for the convenience of fitting into a schedule rather than for the convenience of the travelling public. The official stated that very few people wish to go via Par>ie!l, and so save five minutes travelling ':me. I j think lie should have made a few more inquiries before makjng such a statement. Of course, one section passengers to Symonds Street would not be in favour of the Parnell route, but I think it is up to the department to cater for long distance passengers, especially between the hours of 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., and 4 p.m. to C p.m. I would suggest that trams that leave the Great South Road terminus and the city at one minute and thirty-one minutes past the hour, bo run via Parnell, which arrangement would, I am sure, please everyone, as those who wished to go to Symonds Street would have two ears every half hour, besides hundreds of trams on other services. So that the schedule could be kept the EdeiuLale cars, which run in conjunction with the times shown above, could be run via Town Hall, and so save considerable amount of time, and in this way both services could be considerably improved. —I am, etc., SPEED.